Home Y-Society

All Archives

 
avatar
0 0 votes

Twitter to-go!

by Carrie Grafham on 10/23/2009 12:05 0 comments , 0 views
Tags: twitter
I love this story about a coffee shop who doubled its clientele by using Twitter - even taking orders to go via it! 

I think Twitter can make a huge difference to a small business - my brother is using it to promote his song-writing and has generated a nice following in Sydney, many of whom came along to his first gig.

Anyone else have any great stories?
read more
avatar
0 0 votes

Hollywood studios impose clauses to curb star's use of social media

by Susannah Redman on 10/21/2009 11:05 1 comment , 5 views
Tags: twitter, social media ban, hollywood
So not everyone is as sold on social media as we are.  Read this article to find out more and blog your thoughts.  I can see where they are coming from although they are also missing out on terrific amounts of free publicity and promotion.  Surely a total ban is excessive?  and couldn't they guide people to tweet and talk in the manner to which they'd prefer?  Or is that too uncontrollable?
read more
avatar
0 0 votes

Copyright confusion in blogs

by Susannah Redman on 10/06/2009 13:45 0 comments , 2 views
Tags: social media, ragan, copyright

Here is a very informative article from Ragan.  Better make sure I don't take credit for it!

Pretty informative but still pretty confusing and takes me back to my years at university where we were all so terrified of plagiarising.  I don't think any of us Y Society members would ever look to take credit for someone elses work, but we would use it to support our own arguments.

What do you think?

 

read more
avatar
0 0 votes

How companies should look holistically at SM

by Carrie Grafham on 10/02/2009 10:39 0 comments , 2 views
Tags: internal, web 2.0, enterprise

Found this great post which looks at how every department in a company should be using social media - and that it goes way beyond marketing.

At RTL we are always coming up with possible uses - the possibilities really are endless. 

What does everyone else think? 
read more